Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

If the two ancients ruled, the ancient Arabs and the ancient Romans, the epics would be at their hands

The fifth of the family of Heraclius, on whose hands the epics will be written. Heraclius may rule, then his son Qusta bin Heraclius after him, then his son Constantine bin Qusta, then his son Istafan bin Constantine, then the king of the Romans left from the family of Heraclius to Lyons, and his son after him, and the king will return from the fifth of the family of Heraclius, on whose hands the epics will be written.

Naim told us, on the authority of Maslama bin Ali al-Dimashqi, on the authority of Abdullah bin al-Sa’ib, on the authority of Abu Mudlij, on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), what he said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) said: “The best dead killed under the shade of the sky since Allah Almighty created His creation, the first of them was Abel, who was killed unjustly by the cursed Cain, then the dead of the prophets who were killed by their nations sent to them when they said: Our Lord is Allah and they called upon Him. Then the believer of the family of Pharaoh, then the companion of Yasin, then Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib, then the dead of Badr, then the dead of Uhud, then the dead of Hudaybiyyah, then the dead of Al-Ahzab, then the dead of Hunayn, then those who will be killed after me, killed by rogue and immoral Kharijites, then return your hand to whatever Allah wills of the mujahideen in His cause, until the battle of the Romans, their slain is like the slain of Badr, then the battle of the Turks, so their slain is like those killed on the day of the battles, then The epics of epics, their dead are like those killed on the day of Hunayn, and after that there will be no epic in Islam for its people until the day the trumpet is blown.”

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“When the fierce battles take place, Allah will send a troop of freed slaves who will be the best Arab horsemen and the best armed, with whom Allah will support His religion.”

There will be a despicable man from the Umayyads in Egypt, who will come to power and gain control over his power or take it away from him. He will flee to the Romans and bring the Romans to the people of Islam. This is the first of the epics.

The city of the first son of Heraclius is Constantinople

Only a knight will go head-to-head or two, and then there will be no knight after the horned Romans. Every time a century goes behind them, a century comes in its place. Companions of rock and sea. Far from, far from, until the end of time. They are your companions. There is no good in life.

The Hour will come and the Romans will be the majority of people

Rushdin told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’ah, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), on the authority of the Prophet (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) who said: “If two ancient people ruled: the ancient Arabs and the ancient Romans, epics would be on their hands.”

There will be a despicable man from the Umayyads in Egypt. He will come to power and gain control of his power, or be stripped of it. Then he will flee to the Romans and bring the Romans to the people of Islam. This is the first of the epics.

Rushdin told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’ah, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), on the authority of the Prophet (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) who said: “If two ancient people ruled: the ancient Arabs and the ancient Romans, epics would be on their hands.”

Damra bin Rabi’ah told us, on the authority of Yahya bin Abi Amr al-Sibani, on the authority of Dhi Mukhbar, the son of my brother al-Najashi, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) say: “You will make peace with the Romans for ten years in a secure peace. They will pay you two years, and betray you the third, or they will fulfill four years and betray the fifth. Then an army of you will descend on their city, and you and they will flee to an enemy behind them. Then Allah will grant you victory, and you will be victorious with what you have afflicted. Reward and spoils, and they land in a hilly meadow, and your speaker says: Allah has conquered, and their speaker says: The cross has conquered, and they trade it for an hour, and the Muslims become angry while their cross is not far away from them, and the Muslim revolts against their cross and strikes it, and they revolt against the breaker of their cross, and strike his neck, and that band of Muslims revolts against their weapons, and the Romans revolt against their weapons, and they fight, so Allah honors that band of Muslims, and they are martyred, and they come. Their king, and they say: We have satisfied you with the burden of the Arabs and their horses, so what are you waiting for? Then a woman’s burden will be gathered for you, and then he will come to you in eighty camps, under each camp twelve thousand.”

By the One in whose hand is my soul, until they destroy the Romans all together, and only an informer escapes. Then they set off for the land of the Romans and conquer its fortresses and cities with the takbir, until they come to the city of Heraclius and find its bay with Batha. Then they open it with the takbir. They say the takbir, and one of its walls falls. Then they say the takbir another, and another wall falls, and its sea wall remains unfallen. Then they seek protection from Rome and open it with the takbir, and on that day they will sway their spoils. Enough of deceit

The fifth of the family of Heraclius, who is called Tabar, is the author of the epics

The sixth trial will be a truce between you and the Banu Al-Asfar. They will march against you on eighty banners, with twelve thousand under each banner.

O community of Qais, love Yemen, and O community of Yemen, love Qais, for it is about to be that no one will be killed for this religion except you. Qais, the knights of the people on the day of epics, and Yemen is the hope of Islam.

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“When the fierce battles take place, Allah will send a troop of freed slaves who will be the best Arab horsemen and the best armed, with whom Allah will support His religion.”

When the epics took place, he would emerge from Damascus, sending them the best of Allah’s servants, the first and the last

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The fifth of the family of Heraclius, through whose hands the epics were composed

Allah gave me the Persians, their women, their children, their money, and their weapons, and He gave me the Romans, their women, their children, their weapons, and their money, and He provided me with donkeys.

Al-Walid told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’ah, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, (may Allah be pleased with him), on the authority of the Prophet (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) who said: “If two ancient people ruled: the ancient Arabs and the ancient Romans, the epics would be at their hands.” Abu Qabil said: The epics would be at the hands of Tabaris ibn Atitanian ibn al-Akhram ibn Constantine ibn Heraclius.

Al-Hakam bin Nafi’ told us, on the authority of Saeed bin Sinan, on the authority of Abu Al-Zahiriyah, on the authority of Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman, (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) said: “There will be a truce between you and the Banu Asfar, the Romans, and they will betray you by carrying a woman. They will come in eighty camps on land and sea, with twelve thousand under each camp, until they land between Jaffa and Acre, and the owner of their kingdom burns their ships, and he says to his companions: Fight for Your country will join the battle, and the soldiers will support each other until those from Hadhramaut from Yemen will support you. On that day, the Most Merciful will stab them with his spear, strike them with his sword, and throw his arrows at them, and the greatest slaughter will occur among them.”